The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1887-09-09
SUMMARY OF THE NEWS.
EAST.

first OF which is Mrs. Gould's family name.
The owncrs Of the fishing schooner Lydia
7. Croweli, OF Beverly, Massachusetts,, have
given her up for lost with the crew OF fifteen
men.
Pref. John Avery, late professor Of Greek
in Bowdoin college, died suddenly Thursday
morning Mt North B,i,hson, Maine.
Mrs. Belle Fcc,y, an insanc iumatc Of the
county jail, at Clarion, Pa, was erematcl in
her cell Tuesday, the result OF a flee which she
had klndltd with paper torn from the walls.
Gravensteen Is Peel, of New York, an.
nounccd au assignment On Thursday morn
ing. Liabilities were estimated ut about e.
5000, with nominal assets about 1900, COO. COO.
Over twenty dwelling, besides the large
mill known as the Boyd Manufacturing com.
pany, st Levanna, Ohio, were burned by
Tuesdays fire. Tue town is almost destroyed.
Loss, slOo, c0o; insurance light.
Seven members of the Plainleld, New Jcr-
seyv volunteer fire department were arrested
Sunday morning, acccusedo OF having been the
crlg'nators of the hundred or more ~incendiary
fires that have taken place in tho city during
the last ten or twelve years.
!. None 81 the TP%iitsburg, Pennsylvania, win.
dow glass factories started up Thursday, a.
though the LIST OF September is the usual time
for resuming wo.k. The w%orkingmcn remain
firm In their demands for restoration OF the
10 per cent. that was taken off their wages
several years ago.
Ex-Secretary Manning and family came up
from Long Branch Tuesday and arc at the
Fifth Avenue hotel, New York, where they
will remain for o few days. His health has
been somewhat improved by his stay at the
beach, but he has not recovered complete
control of his parslyzcd side.
The second section Of the Cintinnat; ex.
press, going west ON the Pan Hondle road,
jumped the track near skclly's station Tues
day afternoon and was lrccipitated over an
tmoankment into the creek. Engineer George
Thompson was terribly scallcd and will die.
Several other train men wcce Injured.
Michael Butler, recently discharged from
the position OF keeper in the insane asylum;
on Wards island, New York, has petitioned
the supreme court for the release Of a numbe.
of persons as sane. He declares that Of the
1000 innate no less than 800 are perfect!
sare, and that 600 are entirely harmless.
Tuesday night at the station of the Brook.
lyn elevated railroad a. Lexington aud Sum,
ncr avenues, just as n train was arriving ai
tine station, q man named A. Golly de.iner-
ately threw himself In front of 1t, ana WAS
literally ground to pieces, his cn.ra!ls being
strewn along the pavement below for o dis.
lance of twenty feet.
The Toledo Blades Chicago correspondent
has interviewed Robert I. Lincoln as to tho
use of his name on the next Republican ma.
tional ticket. Mr.. Lincoln says: 81 simply
could not accept a nomination to tn. Vice
presidency. To take any Office at all would
he a great sacrifice OF my business interests.
1 most certainly should not a:ccp. the nom 1.
nation for the v;ce-prcsldcncy were 1t ten
dcrcj."
There was a large meeting Of socialists nj
Cooper union, New York, Monday evening,
called to denouncc the action OF the Henry
Georgcitcs. Speeches were made and rcsoiu-
ttons adopted denouncIrg George, his plat
form, ard following. Every mention If hi:
name was the signal for cheers, Kisses,
grosns, etc. A red flag Was carried into the
hall and waved from the platform amid grca,
applause and Kisses.
"J!mmy" McDivitt, a well known burglar
aud a nephew of Elliott, the prize fighter who
was killed in Chicago u few years ago, me
with a violent death in New York Monda,
morning while trying to escape from a stcr'
where he had been discovered. He was sur
pr!scd by the porter who closed the door O,
HIM and sent for a policeman. Nc levitt
plunged through = plate slsss window, an.
was caught by the stomach auddisembow,ed
When released he was dead.
The Baltimore and l.n Express pas: ed int,
the hands OF the United States Express com
rany Thursday, and it's officers were notiiet
4 the q ange. There will be-, for The presen
1t least, TO ollaices III the employees. Speak
Ing Of the sac, counsel fer The d ilsimora AZ.
Dhio saye: "rhe III thai. the Euitim5r
shd Ohio Exi cess has been sold tn the Unite,
S'ates Express comDany is not correct. Their
has been simply u contract entcrad into let
secn thu two companies, By which the Unite,
S.stcs Exoress will run the Baltimore az,
Ohio Express for thirty years, for which tn
fo;mer Is to pay the latter company u C rail-
percentage of the e%arniugs.'
The assistant a~iiutant general Of the Gran,
Armv OF New Hampsiiir. i,ss received return
from ~fortY.six OF the sixsy-four Grand Arm,
posts IN Connccticu., givlag the vote Ia es.!
organization concerning the new pension h!l
which is advocated by the national encar,I
mcnt, being practically identical with the bill
tsat was vetoed by President Cleveland las
spring. The total vote in opposition in til
f.rty.slz posts is forty-threc, there being onl,
twenty-five negative votes recorded in forty
five posts. Thirty.six posts have voted unani
inously for the measure.
Three hundred men employed atNo. 1 slop,
of the susquehanns Coal company at Nanti
coke, had q narrow escape with their live.
Thursday. The men were engaged iu mining
coal IL the lowest vein Of the mine when
great volume of water poured i'll. One of til,
upper veins broke through into the gaug-way
where the men we're a. work. By the aid o
electric alarms the men oil through the min,
were male aware of the danger, and a rlsl
was made for the opening aud all succeeded
In making their escape. Ninety nulus per
ished. The loss will be considerable.
WEST ARD SOUTH
Frof. II. 8. Whitney, of the Excelsior araa
e,ny, on the shore of Lake Mlnnctonks, wa,
drowned In the lake Thursday afternoon.
A slight earthquake trc,nor Was felt at mid